Suburban Atlanta Pol: Why Fund Transit When We Can Wait for Robo-Cars?
Gwinnett County is outpacing the Atlanta region in population growth. People who live there need transit to get to work, so much so that a recent poll found that 63 percent of likely voters were in favor of expanding MARTA service into the county.
September 9, 2015
Raise Your Kids in the Car, Says Stupefyingly Awful Web Site
Want to talk to your kids? Stick them in the car.
September 2, 2015
Jersey Pays Subaru to Bring Another Parking Crater to Downtown Camden
Camden, New Jersey, took home the 2015 Golden Crater award for the nastiest parking scar in the country, and it looks like state and local leaders aren't about to let the city rest on its laurels.
August 31, 2015
50,000 Portlanders Turn Out to Preview the Car-Free “People’s Bridge”
On Sunday residents of Portland got a preview of Tilikum Crossing, a.k.a. the "Bridge of the People," described by Michael Andersen of BikePortland as "the first bridge in the United States to carry buses, bikes, trains, streetcars and people walking but no private cars."
August 11, 2015
Take a Ride on St. Louis’s First Protected Bike Lane
Here's a nice milestone: Downtown St. Louis has its first protected bike lane.
July 27, 2015
Is “Sprawl Repair” Worth It?
Transforming the territory of strip malls and big boxes into walkable places is a hot topic, exemplified by the popular book “Retrofitting Suburbia.” But is it worth the time, money, and effort?
July 23, 2015
Your City Has a Complete Streets Policy. But Does It Have Complete Streets?
Indianapolis passed a Complete Streets ordinance in 2012 to much fanfare. Three years later, how well is the city designing streets for walking and biking?
July 1, 2015
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan: Purple Line for DC, Bupkis for Baltimore
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says the Purple Line, a long-planned light rail expansion of the DC transit system in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, will move forward. But Hogan stiffed the people of Baltimore by canceling the Red Line in favor of road projects.
June 26, 2015
The Name Says It All: U.S. Senate Unveils the DRIVE Act
What does Congress envision for the future of transportation in the U.S.? Hint: The Senate's transportation bill is called the DRIVE Act.
June 23, 2015